Competition for 75-ton Heavy Bomber of 1943

[hesham]

Oh my God,you made my day Sheepster.

 

[Sheepster]

Yes Hood, it does seem that this is the first time illustrations of these designs have been publicly published.
A big thank you to Alexander Henry Fraser-Mitchell former Chief Aerodynamicist at HP, who managed to save these documents for posterity.

 

[lark]

This is the forum on it's best.
Many thanks Sheepster.

 

[Hood]

The conventional design certainly seems to have a more plausible and capacious bomb bay.

 

[Schneiderman]

Great, many thanks.
The misfit of the drawings is not as bad as the canard design apart from the twist in the tail. Corrected, engine spacing on front view adjusted and outer wing panels added.

 

[Sheepster]

Beautiful rework.
The canard design had the engines toed-in, less so for the inner engines, but this design has the prop discs in the same plane and almost touching. That would surely have led to significant interference?

 

[Schneiderman]

That's a good point. Generally not thought to be a good idea as failure of one prop has the potential to take out the adjacent one.

 

[Sherman Tank]

I take it the tail turret was entirely remote controlled?

 

[Sheepster]

The description from HP (for all three versions) states:

Armament.
Three, two by 20mm. cannon turrets located at Top rear, bottom front and
tail respectively. Remote operation from fire control station in rear of
pressure cabin.

 

[hesham]

Many thanks to you Sheepster.

 

[CNH]

"A big thank you to Alexander Henry Fraser-Mitchell former Chief Aerodynamicist at HP, who managed to save these documents for posterity."

Where can they be found?

 

[Sheepster]

Re: Handley Page 70-ton Bomber Project of 1944

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[hesham]

I hope this book is mentioned in this book;

 

[Schneiderman]

As the book is Jet Bombers since 1949 and these projects are prop-driven from 1943...............................

 

[hesham]

The Handley Page Tailless aircraft is very similar to Vickers Type-E.

 

[Schneiderman]

Well only in the general sense that they are both pusher designs with swept wings and tip fins. Otherwise many more differences than similarities.

 

[hesham]

Also from the member Sheepster;

Handley Page "heavies" family tree - Shipbucket